NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND LITIGANTS

U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Office of the Clerk of Court

Updated November 22, 2004

Pursuant to Section 205 of the E-Government Act of 2002 and policies
of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the District of Utah provides
remote electronic access via WebPacer to most documents that are filed with
the Clerk of Court in civil and criminal cases. No such access is available
for documents that are under Court seal; documents filed in Social Security
cases; and, in general, any document that is not included in the public case
file. The accessible filings comprise (i) electronic images of paper filings
and (ii) electronic filings which the Court will begin to accept in midyear
of calendar year 2005. Bear in mind that documents filed electronically will
be text searchable. Because remote electronic access makes these court records
accessible on this Court's Internet website via WebPACER to a much wider audience,
you  counsel and parties  are advised to exercise great caution
when preparing documents for filing and to carefully consider whether to include
sensitive or confidential personal information. If the personal information
is neither relevant nor necessary to the case, do not include it in your filings.

Where you do deem it necessary and relevant, Court policy requires that you
partially redact personal data identifiers such as Social Security numbers,
birth dates, financial account numbers, names of minor children, and home addresses
in any document, including exhibits thereto, filed with the Clerk. Information
on the Judicial Conference's action in these matters is available at http://www.privacy.uscourts.gov

Social Security numbers: If a pleading requires reference to a Social Security
number, only the last four digits of that number shall be included;

Names of Minor Children: If a pleading requires reference to a minor child,
only the initials of the child's name shall be included.

Dates of Birth: If a pleading requires reference to any dates of birth,
only the year shall be included.

Financial Account Numbers: If a pleading requires reference to financial
account numbers, only the last four digits of those numbers shall be included.

Home Addresses: If a pleading requires reference to a home address, only
the city and state or, if foreign, country shall be included.

In compliance with the E-Government Act of 2002, if you wish to file a document
containing the personal data identifiers specified above, you may either:

1. File the unredacted document under court seal. The Court will retain
the document as a part of the record; or

2. File a reference list under seal. The reference list shall contain
both the complete and the redacted versions of any and all personal data identifiers
specified in the document. All references in documents filed in the case to
the redacted identifiers included in the reference list will be construed
to refer to the corresponding complete identifier. The reference list must
be filed under Court seal and may be amended as of right. It shall be retained
by the court as part of the record.

Absent a showing of good cause, as set forth in local rules DUCivR 5-2, Filing
Cases and Documents under Court Seal, and DUCrim 49-2, Filing Criminal Cases
and Documents under Court Seal, the Court may require you to file a redacted
copy of the document for the public file.

You also are advised to exercise due caution when filing documents that contain
items of personal information, including the following:

Any personal identifying number, such as a driver's license number;

Medical treatment, diagnosis, and related records;

Employment history;

Individual financial information;

Proprietary and/or trade secret information;

Information regarding an individual's cooperation with the government;

Information regarding the victim of any criminal activity;

National security information; and

Sensitive security information as described in 49 U.S.C. § 114(s).

If any party or attorney deem it necessary to include such personal information
in a document intended for filing with the Clerk, they shall carefully consider
filing a motion to seal such document pursuant to DUCivR 5-2(d)(1),(3). Attorneys are
strongly urged to share this notice with and to advise clients of these guidelines
to ensure that an informed decision about whether to include this type of information
may be reached. If a redacted document is filed, it is the sole responsibility
of counsel and the parties to ensure that all filings comply with the policy
of this Court requiring redaction of personal data identifiers. The Clerk of
Court will not review each pleading for purposes of redacting such information.